@videodrome@lemmy.capebreton.socialM to Cybersecurity News@lemmy.capebreton.social • 1 year agoHackers exploited Windows 0-day for 6 months after Microsoft knew of itarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down11
arrow-up180arrow-down1external-linkHackers exploited Windows 0-day for 6 months after Microsoft knew of itarstechnica.com@videodrome@lemmy.capebreton.socialM to Cybersecurity News@lemmy.capebreton.social • 1 year agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squarestankmutlinkfedilinkEnglish16•1 year agoThe exploit needed admin privileges to work, so it seems like Microsoft viewed it as low priority.
minus-squareLostXORlinkfedilink11•edit-21 year agoIf malware has admin privileges isn’t the whole system already considered compromised? Seeing as admins can basically modify whatever they want without restriction.
minus-square@breakingcups@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink5•1 year agoAh, so It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway
The exploit needed admin privileges to work, so it seems like Microsoft viewed it as low priority.
If malware has admin privileges isn’t the whole system already considered compromised? Seeing as admins can basically modify whatever they want without restriction.
Ah, so It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway